Scleropages
10-06-2011, 07:54 PM
Helping a friend. How to go about getting the below for the father for an illegitimate child (child born and parents are not married to each other) ? Can go through Family Court without seeing a lawyer ?
1. custody
2. care and control
3. access to the child
Problem is now the mother is making it difficult for the father to see the child. The father does pay maintenance (cause mother went to the Family Court) but nothing has been ruled on custody, care and control and access.
Child's birth cert has both the father's and mother's name.
The mother, a Singapore PR, is now requesting the father to apply for long-term pass / PR for the child to stay in Singapore.
The father is willing to do that if he has care and control of the child. Apart from wanting to be with his child, stating his name as sponsor would result in the mother in asking much more in maintenance as the child is in childcare.
Currently, father is happliy married with another child but mother is estranged from her hausband, and apprently renting a room or staying with new boyfriend (unverified). She has other children with her previous husband.
Father just wants the child back or be given access to the child. Mother is making it difficult and probably has not intention to allow the father to see the child.
Mother may not be able to extend the child's passport to stay in Singapore.
Please provide your 2 cents worth. If you can recommend a reasonably priced lawyer, kindly pm or post here. Wonder how much does it costs?
1. custody
2. care and control
3. access to the child
Problem is now the mother is making it difficult for the father to see the child. The father does pay maintenance (cause mother went to the Family Court) but nothing has been ruled on custody, care and control and access.
Child's birth cert has both the father's and mother's name.
The mother, a Singapore PR, is now requesting the father to apply for long-term pass / PR for the child to stay in Singapore.
The father is willing to do that if he has care and control of the child. Apart from wanting to be with his child, stating his name as sponsor would result in the mother in asking much more in maintenance as the child is in childcare.
Currently, father is happliy married with another child but mother is estranged from her hausband, and apprently renting a room or staying with new boyfriend (unverified). She has other children with her previous husband.
Father just wants the child back or be given access to the child. Mother is making it difficult and probably has not intention to allow the father to see the child.
Mother may not be able to extend the child's passport to stay in Singapore.
Please provide your 2 cents worth. If you can recommend a reasonably priced lawyer, kindly pm or post here. Wonder how much does it costs?